An Introduction to Faraday Partnerships

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An Introduction to Faraday Partnerships What are
they and what can they do for you? Trevor
Gregory Director IMPACT Faraday Partnership
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• To promote active flows of people, industrial
  technology and innovative business concepts
  between the science engineering base and
  industry
• To promote the partnership ethic in
  industrially-relevant research organisations,
  business and the innovation knowledge base
• To promote core research that will underpin
  business opportunities
• To promote business-relevant post-graduate
  training, leading to life-long learning

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• Recognition that the science/technology is
  important to the national economy (and that
  engineering is needed to fill the gap)
• Build a knowledge network from a set of knowledge
  communities
• Establish a focal point for communication and
  expertise
• Develop a (FINANCIALLY) sustainable entity

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• Recognition lobby (with industries backing)
  anybody who will listen!!
• Network be inclusive no clubs, no
  membership
• Focal point for development of strategy
• Self-sufficiency strong, experienced
  management, listen to what industry wants, vision

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Industrial Base
Science, Engineering and Technology Base
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Green technology for the chemical and allied
industries
Innovative Materials development and Product
formulation by the Application of Colloid
Technology
High Throughput Technologies for Product
Process Development
Innovative applied research across academy and
the plastics industry
Biocatalytic Processes for Manufacturing
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The Chemicals Faradays have (Jan 2003)

• 185 companies actively engaged in their activity
  (135 in 2001)
• 134 university engagements (56 in 2001)
• 62 postgraduate/postdoctoral researcher
  associates (16 in 2001)
• 7 full-time and 24 part-time Technology and
  Knowledge Translators (12 FTEs in 2001)
• A total R D portfolio of 13.6m (8.4m in
  2001)
• Does not include core funding

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IMPACT - The Story so Far

• 20 Industrial CASE projects underway
• 8 PDRA projects sanctioned against 1M ear marked
  fund
• Developed 4.2m Link programme on nano
  particulates (ACORN)
• 16 Projects
• 7 Universities
• 16 Companies
• Distance learning programme has been developed in
  conjunction with industry and academia in colloid
  community
• 5 Technology Translators appointed
  regionally-based
• 8 One day seminars to-date - 350 delegates, 100
  organisations
• Produced Technology Road Map in Colloid and
  Interface Science published w/b 28th July 2003.

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Type of service and product on offer

• Facilitation for participation in large (e.g.
  LINK, FP6) and small (e.g. Industrial CASE)
  research programmes
• Facilitation for participation in other UK/EC
  schemes (e.g. TCS, SMART, ITS Missions)
• Facilitation of Demonstrator/Proof of concept
  projects
• Project management contract consultancy/research
  , large research programmes
• Assistance with commercial exploitation/spin-out
  activities from generated IP
• Technology Road Mapping Technology Audits
• Training/Learning/Awareness
• Public perception

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Director Malcolm Wilkinson (mwilkinson_at_icheme.org
.uk) www.crystalfaraday.org
Director Trevor Gregory (t.gregory_at_impactfp.org)
www.impactfp.org
Director Steve Fletcher (steve.fletcher_at_lgc.co.uk
) www.insightfaraday.org
Director Richard Simpson (rsimpson_at_rapra.net) w
ww.faraday-plastics.com
Director David Gardner (david.gardner_at_capenhurst.
com) www.pro-bio-faraday.org
www.faradaypartnerships.org.uk